Shadow Child

Born in Portsmouth, England in 1977, Simon Neale initially built his career under the name Dave Spoon before opening in 2012 the chapter Shadow Child, an alias with which he refocuses his music toward deeper house, nourished by bass music, rave and jungle influences. After beginnings in clubs along the British south coast, the Dave Spoon project took shape in the mid-2000s with releases on Toolroom and Big Love, followed by remixes for artists from pop as well as electro. Under the name Shadow Child, Simon Neale approaches a British and international club scene more anchored in the intersections between house, garage, breaks and soft basslines, with tracks like \"String Thing\" and the Shadow Child EP in 2012, followed by \"23\" in the same year and the Collected compilation in 2013. Shadow Child releases on labels such as Dirtybird, Food Music, Deleted or Moda Black, collaborates notably with Doorly, Horx, James Talk and Takura, and also develops parallel projects such as Lovequest and M.A.S.C. His career also includes radio work, from BBC Radio 1 to Rinse FM and then Kool FM, which illuminates the place of Shadow Child in an environment where British house and rave cultures continue to respond to one another.